Evacuated tube, Knowlesville

Falls Brook Centre
506-375-4310
greg@fallsbrookcentre.ca
www.fallsbrookcentre.ca
125 South Knowlesville Rd., Knowlesville, NB

System

Sun: Evacuated Tube, Flat Plate Collector with PV pump, and PVC Passive thermal system.

Evacuated tube (left) and flat plate (right) solar thermal water systems

Date of Installation: Solar, various times since 1993 (latest was evacuated tube hot water system in 2008)

Type/kind: Residential/Institute (Living 1, Office 8-10)

Installer: Self Install

Supplier: Independent Supplier

Description of Case Study: Most of these systems were installed by staff at Falls Brook or as part of a demonstration/workshop.

For solar thermal systems, the three main forms are used: evacuated tubes (with single water tank), flat plate collector (with parallel tanks), and passive solar (with no tank, gravity fed).